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[214] Porzana (■(iroliitu (Linn.)- Soru. 



I flushed three of these rails in a cornfieUl near a swam]), in the latter 

 part of July. After a short fliglit they di'opped into a marsh, and I failed 

 to find them a.aain. 



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[256] Totamis solltarin.^ (Wils. )• Solitary Sandpiper. 



This bird is prol)ably not rare aroimd the lake although I Hushed it 

 but three times. It stays in rather removed places. Twice I saw it on a 

 sandbar on the western side of tlie lake. 



